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“CONSIDER the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure.  Consider also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished sha…

THIS past week, if you passed through Beach Road and Garapan Middle Road, you would’ve noticed a significant difference in how clean and refreshed they appeared. Thanks to the fresh coats of yellow paint, the medians and rails are brighter and provide greater visibility for drivers, especially at n…

OVER 33 years ago, one of our front-page stories was the announcement that the CNMI’s U.S. Postal Service designation had changed. “Instead of being ‘CM’ for Commonwealth of the Marianas, we will now simply be known as ‘MP.’ What does that stand for?” MV asked. “It’s just a two-letter designation i…

SOLAR energy comes to Earthlings in many ways. Ancient Persians used passive solar architecture. East Africans about the same time funneled cool ocean wind through tunnels to cool themselves. Now at long last, solar energy is outpacing new fossil fuel and nuclear facilities on price, environmental …

AS usual the Governor is up to his malarkey of “deflecting and gaslighting” events and circumstances FOR his personal intentions of “not being responsible and accountable to the People.” Every time he opens his mouth you can depend on something coming out to HIS benefits, which is why he makes sure…

“AS we dove into the abyss, the surface light faded first to blue then gray.  Colors washed out until the multi-colored world of the reef gave way to the black and white of the deep.  Even my own fins, which sparkled a brilliant yellow on the beach, had muted into dull white.  But the most alien as…

“TRUMPISM & Toressism” seem to have the same political strategy when it comes to “admitting the truth and letting it be told” with the implementation of “lies, deflecting, gaslighting and sabotaging the checks & balances and the legal process meant to hold them accountable. These guys are g…

1987 was a CNMI midterm election year, and the campaign rhetoric, as usual, was blistering. One of the senatorial candidates complained about his opponent’s attacks on the candidate’s father and uncle (elected officials both). The candidate was also quoted by Variety as saying, “The U.S. isn’t the …

TODAY, Oct. 15, the Senate holds its fourth day of its regular session in Rota, and part of the agenda is the final reading of House Bill 22-70 or the Investment Incentive Act of 2021 authored by Rep. Angel Demapan, which was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives this past August. The …

FROM the Honolulu Star-Advertiser to Singapore’s Straits Times to ABC Australia, everywhere you look in the news around the Pacific, the same story leads: Submarines.  As fellow columnist Hugh White of the Lowy Institute observed, “It is rare for Australian defence policy to make headlines around t…